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China Anne McClain

1998-08-25 (26 years old) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) and as Charlotte McKenzie in the film Grown Ups (2010); and became internationally known for starring as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), and as Uma in the Disney Channel films Descendants 2 (2017) and Descendants 3 (2019). In 2018, McClain began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWN's revival of The Paynes (2018). McClain began her musical career in 2005 as a member of the sister girl group the 3mcclaingirls with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn. Her first professional single was "Your Biggest Fan" with Nick Jonas on the soundtrack album Jonas L.A. (2010). In 2011, McClain signed with Hollywood Records both as a solo artist and with her sister girl group, known as the McClain Sisters. Her debut single as a solo artist was "Dynamite" which peaked at no. 2 on the US Kid Digital Songs, and her second single, "Calling All the Monsters", peaked at no. 1 on the same chart and earned 25,000 downloads within its first week of release. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard also named her the sixth best-selling artist for digital kids' songs in 2012. In 2017, her single "What's My Name" from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts, and was certified gold, with 500,000 units sold, on November 10, 2017. In June 2020 her sister girl group changed their name to Thriii.

Movies

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Descendants: The Rise of Red
69 %|Jul 11, 2024
Fantasy, Adventure, Family, Comedy
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Descendants: The Royal Wedding
67 %|Aug 13, 2021
Animation, Family, Comedy, Drama
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Hubie Halloween
59 %|Oct 7, 2020
Comedy, Mystery, Horror
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Wicked Woods: A Descendants Halloween Story
52 %|Oct 4, 2019
Mystery, Animation, Adventure, TV Movie
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Descendants 3
77.15 %|Aug 2, 2019
Family, TV Movie, Adventure, Fantasy
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Blood Brother
55 %|Nov 30, 2018
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Under the Sea: A Descendants Story
72 %|Sep 28, 2018
Music, TV Movie, Fantasy
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Ten: Murder Island
42 %|Sep 16, 2017
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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Descendants 2
73.67 %|Jul 21, 2017
Family, Fantasy, TV Movie, Adventure
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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
68.47 %|Sep 8, 2016
Action, Adventure, Animation, History
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How to Build a Better Boy
63.849999999999994 %|Nov 18, 2014
Family, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Grown Ups 2
61 %|Jul 11, 2013
Comedy
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Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
55 %|Dec 25, 2011
TV Movie, Music
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Grown Ups
64 %|Jun 24, 2010
Comedy
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Hurricane Season
68 %|Dec 8, 2009
Drama
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A Dennis the Menace Christmas
54 %|Nov 13, 2007
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Daddy's Little Girls
68.55000000000001 %|Feb 14, 2007
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Series

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Black Lightning
70.45 %|Jan 16, 2018
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Descendants: Wicked World
80 %|Sep 18, 2015
Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Radio Disney Music Awards
95.83 %|Apr 27, 2013
Kids, Family
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Doc McStuffins
61 %|Mar 23, 2012
Animation, Kids, Family
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PrankStars
75 %|Jul 15, 2011
Comedy, Family, Reality
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Disney's Friends for Change Games
95 %|Jun 24, 2011
Reality
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So Random!
70 %|Jun 5, 2011
Comedy, Family
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A.N.T. Farm
74 %|May 6, 2011
Comedy, Drama, Family
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R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
81 %|Oct 29, 2010
Family, Drama
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JONAS L.A.
75 %|May 2, 2009
Family, Comedy, Kids
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Wizards of Waverly Place
81 %|Oct 12, 2007
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
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House of Payne
77 %|Jun 6, 2007
Comedy
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Hannah Montana
72 %|Mar 24, 2006
Comedy, Kids, Family
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Bones
82.34 %|Sep 13, 2005
Crime, Drama
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Project Runway
62 %|Dec 1, 2004
Reality
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NCIS
76 %|Sep 23, 2003
Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure